Woodberry Forest Golf

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

WFS-B varsity defeats Highland

In the final home golf match, the WFS-B varsity defeated Highland School.

WFS-B - 168
Highland - 170
WFS-C - 181

WFS-B
R. Hunt - 38
H. Swearingen - 43
B. Mott - 43
J. Duffy - 44
T. Mack-46
S. Townsend - 47

WFS-C
T. Lindsay - 45
W. Legg - 45
B. Sheridan - 45
T. Johnson - 46
A. Gussler - 49

Highland
37, 44, 44, 45, 46, 51

Varsity golf wins 2013 Prep League title

The Tigers successfully defended their Prep League title Tuesday. Their two-day total of 612 was twenty-two shots better than second place Collegiate.

Senior Timothy Walter (75-75) finished third, and fellow senior William Knibbs (72-80) finished fifth. Both earned All-Prep designation. Two other Woodberry Forest golfers finished in the top ten: third formers Teddy Garner (79-76, 7th) and Peter Knade (76-80, 8th), also winning All-Prep honors.

Since joining the Prep League in 1974, Woodberry Forest has won 26 golf titles, including four of the last five seasons (2009-10, 2012-13).

2013 Virginia Prep League Golf Championship
Independence Golf Course
36 holes, par 72
Low four scores count towards team total

Team Scores

1. Woodberry Forest 301-311 612
2. Collegiate 315-319 634
3. St. Anne's Belfield 317-318 635
4. St. Christopher's 316-321 637
5. Trinity* 341
6. Christchurch* 411
* did not qualify for second day

Individual scores

1. Austin Fockler, St. Chris 70-77 --147
2. Alex Thompson, Collegiate 72-77 --149
t3. TIMOTHY WALTER, WFS 75-75 --150
t3. Fitz Woodrow, STAB 76-74 --150
t5. WILLIAM KNIBBS, WFS 72-80 --152
t5. Ian Buchanan, STAB 74-78 --152
7. TEDDY GARNER, WFS 79-76 --155
8. PETER KNADE, WFS 76-80 --156
9. Johno Burke, Trinity 78-79 --157
10. Trey Romig, St.Chris 80-78 --158

Other Woodberry Forest scores

Rob Prater 78-82 --160
Bo Pettegrew 86-82 --168

Final VISAA poll

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Prep League trophy will stay at the Forest!

Monday, May 13, 2013

Tigers in the lead after first round at VPL tourney

VPL Golf tournament
Independence GC
18 holes par 72

1. Woodberry Forest - 301
2. Collegiate - 315
3. St. Chris - 316
4. STAB - 317
5. Trinity - 341
6. Christchurch - 411

Top four teams and top 18 individuals (and ties) proceed to 2nd round. Austin Fockler (STC) leads with a 70. Top 10 individuals earn All-Prep honors.

Woodberry Scores (individual place)

William Knibbs - 72 (t2nd)
Timothy Walter - 75 (5th)
Peter Knade - 76 (t6th)
Rob Prater - 78 (t8)
Teddy Garner - 79 (t10)
Bo Pettegrew - 86

Second round begins tomorrow at 7:30 AM at Independence.

Friday, May 10, 2013

Varsity team defeats St. Chris

Woodberry Forest vs. St. Christopher's
CCV-Westhampton Course
9 holes, par 34

WFS (12-1) 147
St. Chris 158

Woodberry scores

Timothy Walter 32
Rob Prater 36
Richard Hunt 38
Billy Mott 41
William Knibbs 46
Bo Sheridan 50

The Tigers next play in the Prep League tournament, Monday and Tuesday, May 13-14, at Independence GC in Midlothian.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Congratulations, Timothy!

Timothy Walter '13 finished tied for fifth in the Loving Cup at Farmington CC in Charlottesville this past weekend. Timothy shot 76-80.

Golf Facilities

Our golf facilities are unmatched. The only high school in Virginia with its own course, Woodberry plays its home matches on a nine-hole golf course designed in 1926 by Donald Ross. We also have the Graves Golf Practice Area, built in 1991, which has a driving range, two practice greens and sand bunkers. With our Doppler-based TrackMan launch monitors, we can track each player’s clubhead speed, ball speed, launch angle, and carry distance. We can then use this data to test different equipment. Our indoor putting green allows us to practice putting and short-game skills in any weather.

Coach’s Corner: Varsity Golf Coach Marc Hogan

Of the campus’s many resources, the school’s golf facilities truly set it apart. With a nine-hole Donald Ross-designed golf course and a range of other amenities for the teaching of golf, Woodberry is poised to nurture the young golfer. And no one is more suited to bring together the promising golfers who choose Woodberry Forest with traditional techniques honed at the Graves Practice Area and modern-day technological tools installed in the Squash Pavilion than Marc Hogan.

Having worked with the golf program for over twenty years, Marc holds a Level III golf teaching certification from the United States Golf Teachers' Federation and a Level I golf fitness instructor certification from the Titleist Performance Institute. He was the first coach certified in the DECADE course management system, which teaches players course strategy. His contributions to the game have been honored by the Virginia Prep League, which has named him Coach of the Year nine times, and by VISAA, which has awarded him the title six times.

As he does in his English classroom, Marc embraces technology in the teaching of golf. With particular support from Mitch Hull ’77 and past parents Hallie and Ed Pettegrew, as well as an anonymous gift, the school has video-recording devices, computers, and three launch monitors that analyze a player’s stroke and help him match it to swings used by the world’s most successful golfers.

Marc is a Greensboro, North Carolina, native and earned his BA and MA from the University of Virginia. He has taught English at Woodberry Forest since 1987. A scratch golfer, Marc has qualified for the Virginia Senior Amateur Championship six times and made match play four times in 2017, 2019 (round of 16), 2020, and 2021. He has also qualified for the VSGA Amateur Championship in 2021 and 2022. He lives in the Rapp House with his wife Linda, who works in Culpeper. They have three daughters, Miranda, who lives and works in Staunton; Anna Grey ’14, who lives and works in Charlottesville; and Cordelia '17, who lives and works in Charlotte.